Haruya Suzuki

Haruya Suzuki practices in the areas of domestic and cross border M&A and start-up investments, general corporate matters, employment, insolvency, compliance matters, and dispute resolution. Haruya currently acts as a bankruptcy trustee at the Tokyo District Court. He is recognized in the category of Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026-27) of Best Lawyers awards for Japan.

Haruya was admitted to the Japanese Bar in 2014 and was a partner at a domestic law firm before joining southgate.

• Co-author, “Law and Practice chapter for Japan,” in the Venture Capital 2025 guide published by Chambers and Partners, May 2025
• Co-author, “Venture Capital 2024” as part of Lexology’s Panoramic series, March 2024
• Co-author, “Q&A: process for venture capital investments in Japan,” as part of Lexology’s Getting the Deal Through series, March 2023
• Co-author, “Snapshot: economic terms for venture capital investments in Japan,” as part of Lexology’s Getting the Deal Through series, March 2023

• Best Lawyers – Ones to Watch: Corporate/M&A Law, Tokyo, 2026-2027